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Too Many Turtles by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Bay Movies), TMNT (2007), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Movie 2023)
19 Jul 2025
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CaptainLeo:
@everyone
Whoever’s Mikey has been screaming in the ASMR voice channel for three hours straight, could you get him out?HasTheBraincell:
I’m so sorry that’s mine
I wondered why he was so quiet~~Electro~~:
THREE HOURS SHDHSJJSKI_Crave_Chemicals:
This is the third time in four days.
Please control your Mikey or I will have to use force~
In universe 2003, Donnie tries to experiment with the inter dimensional gun the 1987 turtles had given him. Instead, he accidentally creates a multiversal chat room for many different versions of his brothers, and counting.
It certainly makes life…interesting.TLDR: multiverse group chat between most iterations of the turtles. Starts with 2003, 2012 and 2018 but more are added as I go. 50% plot and 50% chaos.
*now includes the 87, mutant mayhem and bayverse boys!*Series
- Part 13 of TMNT Fics
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In Nightmares by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003)
19 Dec 2024
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“Mikey?”
Michelangelo doesn’t answer, standing alone in the shadows. Leonardo moves to place a hand on his shoulder but pulls his hand back when the youngest screams in utter terror, his eyes wild and staring at the space around them. It’s a sound that haunts them all to their core, ringing over and over and Mikey keeps screaming and sobbing, begging for something they can’t understand. The fungi quickly latches onto his face, mushrooms digging into his eyes, across his shell -
“Mikey!” Raph yells but Mikey doesn’t hear them, lost in his own nightmare and unable to defend himself as the mushrooms consume his face completely. Instead, they can only watch helplessly as Michelangelo gets dragged into the darkness.~
A mysterious infestation of fungi in the sewer system of their old home causes the turtles to each become trapped in the own never-ending nightmares. Imprisoned in the dark caverns and the last one standing, Leo must battle his own fears if he stands a chance of saving his brothers before they are all consumed by their own terror.
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TLDR: remember that 2012 episode with the fungus? I rewrote that for 2003, but much darker.
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- Part 21 of TMNT Fics
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Sunny Days by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
19 Jun 2024
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“Coming in hot!” The snapper, instead of running directly into the sea, takes a detour and jumps up one of the higher rocks. With a wicked grin, he then dives directly on top of where Donnie and Leo have just begun to bask and sends huge waves that engulf them both with ease. April bursts into laughter as she can hear Leo’s panicked shriek and Donnie’s angry hiss echo across the beach.
As Mikey continues to dig a burrow next to her, April finishes setting out the beach towels and lays down on a bright yellow one, relaxing as the warm rays of the sun seep into her skin. She lets her senses drift away a little, content on listening to excited shrieks and chirps of her brothers.
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It’s a hot summer day in New York - a perfect day, in April’s opinion, to take her mutant turtle brothers to the beach for the first time. Shenanigans ensue.
AKA: Turtle instincts, beach edition.
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- Part 12 of Turtle Instincts
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Subsidence by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
08 May 2024
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It is then, as his eyes travel to follow Michelangelo, that Leo spots the way the water is dripping thicker now, seeping through the concrete of the ceiling. There are signs he has carelessly neglected – the cracking on the stone, the groaning of pipes around them. His cheerful mood snaps.
Something must reflect this in his expression; Mikey pauses, a few feet ahead of him, face twisting to concern.
“Leo –“ he begins, but is interrupted when everything shudders. Rubble drizzles, then throws itself upon them as the roof collapses under the strain of the water pipes.
For a moment, Leonardo’s eyes meet his youngest brother’s and see the terror flash inside them. He barely has time to take another breath before the world caves in, and everything goes black.~
While the brothers are out exploring a new sewer system, the whole thing collapses. With no way to get out and separated from each other, they all face their own struggles, injuries and fears as they fight to survive and find each other.
TLDR: a sewer caves in. Leonardo and his brothers are trapped because I like angst.
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- Part 19 of TMNT Fics
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Lullabies by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
08 Jan 2024
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Rain lashes down upon them, merciless, but Orange is only aware of the acute details he takes comfort in on that first night. Red’s spikes slightly dig into his arms. Purple’s breath tickling his cheek. Blue’s claws brushing against his scutes. And, most of all, the soft vocalisations that hum in their throats like a soft lullaby. Chirps and clicks that rumble in their chests, promises of safety and love lining each vibration. They drown out the booms of thunder, wrapping Orange in his own safety net as he closes his eyes. Entirely unique, these sounds mean his brothers are here, that he is safe.
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When they were tots, Mikey found comfort in the chirps his brothers would make to calm him. Now, faced with the destruction of their home, he seeks this comfort once more.
TLDR: An excuse to write about chirping turtles because I love the idea.
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- Part 11 of Turtle Instincts
- Part 20 of TMNT Fics
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What Was Left Behind by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003)
03 Dec 2023
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Michelangelo lives fast.
It brings a thrill to his vibrant soul, dancing between events teasingly, daring time to swoop him through event after event, day after day. All with the ease of a well-rehearsed dance, Michelangelo will leap and bound towards anything new, anything that skipped his heart a few beats too fast with little thought or control. At least, he had done.
All of a sudden, he and his family are thrust 100 years into the future, exposed and under the sunlight for the first time in their lives. His skin itches, blaring sounds and dizzying colours all mercilessly bombarding him before he can even speak, or question what the hell just happened.~
Mikey usually loves the fast paced lifestyle but finds himself struggling to keep up with all the changes the future brings. The future isn’t as bright as he dreamt it would be, and he struggles to adjust where his brothers thrive. He misses home, and everything they left behind.
TLDR: Mikey misses the past. Not wanting to ruin it for any one else, he keeps these feelings to himself until they become self destructive.
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- Part 18 of TMNT Fics
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Helpless by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003)
13 Nov 2023
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No one comes. No one swoops in at the last second, nor does he manage to break the cuffs at the perfect moment. Instead, there is a collective shriek from the beasts below him as they all lunge forward in a hungered wave, their curled claws scraping against his scales and hideous jaws dripping with froth and drool.
Heart racing, Michelangelo hisses at the rodents. However, his warning is ignored by their destructive hunger. The hiss cuts off into a yelp when the first rat bites down on the exposed area between his skin and his shell, its grimy paws digging the pink flesh underneath away.-
What if, in the episode I, Monster, Mikey didn’t get out of the restraints in time? What if he was left, helpless against hoards of rats with no one to help?
TLDR: Mikey gets attacked by rats. It doesn’t end well. What can I say, I’m in a horror mood.
(Title might change)Series
- Part 17 of TMNT Fics
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Natural Gifts by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
24 Oct 2023
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It’s been common knowledge, ever since they were tots, that Donnie was the best swimmer.
The discovery had made a five year old Leo pout for a while, but it was true. There was no shell to get in the way of him diving underwater, darting like a swift arrow under the currents.
And, like it was common knowledge that Donnie was the strongest swimmer, it was made aware very early on that Mikey was the weakest.
His brothers took to water easily. They swam as they were born to do, effortless even at such a young age. Mikey, seeing his brothers having fun, had tried to do the same with a giggle and a splash.
It didn’t end well.~
After days of heavy rain, the lair floods with Donnie and Mikey still inside. Born a soft shell, Donnie can easily survive such conditions. Mikey, on the other hand, cannot.
TLDR: the lair floods with Mikey and Donnie still inside, and Donnie is the only one that can swim.
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- Part 10 of Turtle Instincts
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I’m Lost (But I Don’t Know Why) by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
09 Oct 2023
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He is mourning the loss of someone he never knew, doesn’t know, but it hurts all the same. He thinks back to the nunchucks, and the orange tape wrapped around them. The comic books hidden under the couch. The extra plate that he sets up everyday, has been for the past three weeks. The gap in their formation.
Missing, missing, missing, his mind chants, but he can’t know what. He’s lost, and can’t remember why.~
There have always been four of them - Donatello, Raphael, himself and his father. Or at least, that’s what Leonardo had thought. But something is missing. They are mourning the loss of another they have never even known. They are lost. But why?
TLDR: a curse makes everyone forget Michelangelo. Leonardo knows there’s something missing, but he doesn’t know why.
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- Part 16 of TMNT Fics
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Out Of Commission by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
06 Sep 2023
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You would think, after drinking an antidote for a mystic poison that his stupid siblings had purposefully ingested, that it would cure them of their illnesses and ailments. But Leo suddenly sways and falls onto the ground.
“Leo!” Panic had stricken Raph then, almost making him lose control. The slider’s skin had been hot to the touch when Raph had picked him up.
Looking up at his remaining brothers, he had noticed they also did not look as healthy as they had been half an hour ago – Donnie was clutching his stomach, breathing heavily, and Mikey was also huffing sharp breaths of pain and his limbs shook.~
Though the brothers managed to take the antidote for the poisoned Pizza Puffs, they are still suffering the aftermath of the poison and it’s symptoms. Raph takes care of them, because that’s his duty as the oldest brother.
TLDR: Leo, Mikey and Donnie are still sick after eating mystic poison. Raph takes care of them.
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- Part 15 of TMNT Fics
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Safe by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
23 Aug 2023
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“Orange!” Something muffled cries for him. He opens his eyes and sees Red’s tearful face peering into his shell. “You okay?! You hurt?!”
His shell may be safe but big brother is crying for him. Slowly, he pulls out of his shell and hooks his arms back around Red’s neck. Red nuzzles his cheek and Mikey hums with happiness.
It’s a story that has been told many times, far into the future. Raph had slipped, and Mikey, sensing he was falling, had retracted into his shell for the first time. Mikey doesn’t remember much, only being happy when he sees Purple and Blue again, and Red’s big smile.~
Mikey, being a box turtle, instinctively hides in his shell at any signs of danger or distress. Every time, his brothers are always there to coax him out, to remind him that everything is safe again eventually.
TLDR: each time Mikey has retracted into his shell out of instinct, and how that develops over the years.
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- Part 9 of Turtle Instincts
- Part 14 of TMNT Fics
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All I Ever Wanted by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
27 Jul 2023
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“You’re going to be fine, I promise it!” Donnie crumbles, laying Mikey back down on his lap as he bends over him. He doesn’t let Mikey finish his farewell because it’s not. He’s going to be fine, as soon as help arrives they can go back and treat his injuries, then Donnie can make him the coolest robot arm anyone has ever dreamed –
But Michelangelo knows the truth. Donatello, in denial, still knows the truth. Only one is going to walk away from this rooftop tonight, leaving behind the last spot of sun in the storm above them.~
Donatello vowed that the future he had seen would never occur. He wouldn’t let it. But he’s failed.
He’s failed, because Mikey is bleeding out beneath him, his arm severed under a stormy sky. And no help is coming in time.TLDR: Perhaps the future will not repeat itself, but it can rhyme. How Mikey, despite Donatello’s efforts, loses his arm in the cannon timeline.
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- Part 12 of TMNT Fics
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Temper Tantrums by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
12 Jul 2023
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“There are days where Raphael really, really wishes he was a middle child rather than the eldest brother. Perhaps in another life, another time, his wish is granted and he lives happily without having to deal with his brothers having temper tantrums over the slightest inconveniences. But that reality isn’t his, so he is stuck having to master the art of “getting my little brothers to calm down before they start biting”.
Because his brothers, in all their glory, are overdramatic. In Donnie’s case, full on theatrics. And Mikey only needs to get a slight hint that he could start acting up and he’s suddenly in his shell for the next three days because you didn’t give him a milkshake.
Like Raph said. Maybe if he wishes hard enough he can pretend he is a middle child. Leave Leo to take care of this and see how he feels.”~
Raph, being the eldest sibling, is well-versed in each of his brothers’ behaviours when they lose their temper, but it doesn’t make dealing with them any easier.
TLDR: Each of the turtles’ behavioural habits when they lose their temper. Mostly fun stuff about turtle instincts.
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- Part 8 of Turtle Instincts
- Part 11 of TMNT Fics
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Hunted by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003)
01 Jul 2023
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The darkened woods around him suddenly burst open in dizzying white lights. Michelangelo is exposed to their glare, chasing away the shadows he has been taught to rely on so much.
“There! I see it!”
With a cry, Michelangelo tries to pull back into the safety of the night’s shadows. It proves to be an impossible task when humans are beginning to circle around him with their flashlights and guns all pointing towards him.
Get away. Hide.
Childishly, he wishes for his brothers. For Raph’s solid frame to hide behind. For Donnie’s reassuring voice of reason grounding him. For Leo’s confidence to lean on like a pillar in the sea, stopping him from getting pulled under by the waves that threaten to drown him.
Terror sweeps over him, because he is alone.~
What starts out as a late night adventure in the woods beside the farmhouse turns deadly when a group of hunters catch Mikey off guard. Alone and wounded, Mikey struggles to find his way to safety.
TLDR: Mikey is chased by a group of hunters with no way to contact his brothers.
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The Shoebox by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
10 May 2023
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“Come on, Mikey. Don’t go falling asleep now.” Raph holds Mikey close, as if he can single-handedly push back the wind and snow with his bare hands. But Donnie can’t help but notice that the eldest is also blinking a little heavier than usual. In fact, Leo is also somewhat sluggish, though he only notices because he’s watched how Leo darts between actions all his life.
Okay, so maybe staying out in the cold all day and fighting a giant polar bear wasn’t a good idea. For reptiles, that is.
However, the tiredness Donnie feels buzzing in his brain is easily pushed back. They’re all much safer than Mikey, who is slipping away from them with each second.~
Post “Snow Day”, Mikey tearing his coat has drastic consequences that result in him freezing and slipping into brumation.
TLDR: Box turtles, when hibernating, can have no detectable pulse or heartbeat. None of Mikey’s brothers are aware of this and believe that they have just watched their youngest brother die.
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- Part 7 of Turtle Instincts
- Part 10 of TMNT Fics
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Don’t Wander Off (Stay Where You Are) by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
24 Apr 2023
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“Most lessons are supposed to be learnt and retained in childhood. For Mikey, however, this one message had to be constantly relayed to him whenever he was lost.
Don’t wander off. Stay where you are.
But something clicks, and Mikey is almost pulled into a trace-like state every time. He needs to keep walking, his instincts would tell him every time. Keep walking. You’ll find home soon.”
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Box turtles will keep walking in attempt to find their home if they ever get lost, even if they die doing it. Mikey shares that same instinct.
When he gets lost, he keeps walking. He finds home.TLDR: Mikey centric angst where he keeps walking despite growing weaker.
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- Part 3 of Turtle Instincts
- Part 3 of TMNT Fics
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Mittens Of Shame by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
12 Apr 2023
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“Standing at the entrance of Leo’s room, expecting to see something dangerous. Or perhaps a large mess, at the very least.
Instead, she spots the slider wrapped in his blanket so only his beak his poking out. Raph is knelt at the side of the bed, trying to coax him out.
“Come on, Leo! It’s not that bad, and it happens to us all the time!” The snapper huffs but doesn’t move to snatch the blanket.
It’s then that April notices the way that Raph’s shell is slightly discoloured and out of shape. Looking closer, the human realises that it, and his skin, seems like it is peeling away from his body.
Turning her attention to the mound of blankets beside him that should be Leo, she sees that a few thin chunks of what looks like her brother’s shell are scattered on the bed.
Suddenly, it clicks.
“Wait, you guys are shedding?” ”~
Turtles, like most reptiles, need to shed their skin. Though the process isn’t painful, it can be irritating for four mutated teenage turtles.
April decides to help in whatever way she can.Series
- Part 6 of Turtle Instincts
- Part 9 of TMNT Fics
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Promise by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
27 Mar 2023
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“Seeing the future, if done too often, can leave phycological ruin that chips away at a soul until it is unrecognisable. As you yearn to see more of the future, your present dies. You begin to forgot everything about your own current self if you do not be cautious when using such a curse.” Draxum warns him that day.
“Everything?” Mikey whispers.
The yokai nods once.
Suddenly the prospect of his mystics dims. Excitement coils into trepidation.
But he blinks, and sees Leo’s broken body in the infirmary. Takes a deep breath, and hears the distressed tears of his brothers as they stare at that terrible, terrible sky.
Never again, he promises.
“Teach me.”~
After the events of the movie, Mikey discovers that, with the increase in his mystic power, he gains the ability to see the future. However, every time he does, he forgets some of his present.
Year after year, a gift twists into a curse, crumbling the relationships between brothers and ultimately ending in a terrible price.
But Mikey made a promise all those years ago, and intends to keep it.TLDR: Mikey sees the future until he forgets everything of his present.
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- Part 7 of TMNT Fics
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Dry Scales by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
06 Mar 2023
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The idea comes out of nowhere.
“We can always go break into the pool place I’m working at!” April suggests with a snap of her fingers.
Raph, who has Leo held by his shell in one hand and Donnie in a similar predicament in the other, pauses from trying to pry their fight apart.
“Really?” The snapper’s face brightens despite the fighting twins in his grip. April grins.
“Yeah! It will be easy, that place is never guarded, so you guys can swim all night!”
“Swim?” Donnie perks up at the word, releasing Leo’s mask tails from his jaw. Leo also turns to April the best he can with the position Raph is holding him in.
“Can we go tonight?” The slider asks. When April nods with a wink, he grins~
April knows her brothers love water. So, one night, she takes them to a swimming pool.
Donnie gets Turtle Zoomies, Raph dozes, and Mikey tries to not get thrown in by a very hyper Leo.TLDR: just the turtles and April having a much needed break at the pool.
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- Part 5 of Turtle Instincts
- Part 8 of TMNT Fics
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Turtle Habits by DysfunctionalRequest
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
07 Feb 2023
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“Sometimes, April forgets that her brothers are half turtle.
The turtle exterior has always been just that – a skin and nothing more. To April, underneath they were just hormonal, slightly feral teenagers who has an odd thirst for crime fighting in the middle of the night.
But, other times, April is sharply reminded of their reptilian genes. These times, she is convinced that the boys are just overgrown turtles sitting in the sewers who just so happen to enjoy crime fighting in the evenings.
In these situations, when their turtle origins truly take the limelight, April still can’t decide whether she finds it adorable or (most of the time in Donnie’s case) slightly terrifying.”~
April has always been aware that her honorary brothers were turtles, but only truly remembers this when they each display their own turtle habits that link close to their original species.
TLDR: Each time April sees each of the boys display a turtle instinct/behaviour and how she deals with it.
Donnie also eats a pet goldfish. By accident, hopefully.Series
- Part 4 of Turtle Instincts